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Paper title: A stronger economy with independence

Main paper URL: https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-new-scotland-stronger-economy-independence/

Main paper publish date: 17-10-2022

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Easy read URL : https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-new-scotland-stronger-economy-independence-easy-read-version/

Easy read publish date: 27-7-2023

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Audio URL: https://soundcloud.com/scotgov/a-stronger-economy-with-independence-summary-audio-version

Audio publish date : 17-10-2022

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Community language landing page URL : https://www.gov.scot/publications/building-new-scotland-stronger-economy-independence-summary/documents/

Translation publish date: 17-10-2022

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BSL YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_TGJzVEXD0

Date BSL Version Published: 17-10-2022

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The external costs associated with the production and publication of the paper ‘Independence in the Modern World. Wealthier, Happier, Fairer: Why not Scotland?’ were published in the answer to question S6W-11001 on 23 September 2022. Additionally, there were launch costs for travel, for staff and external attendees, a BSL interpreter and audio visual equipment which totalled £1647.80. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .

The external costs associated with the production and publication of the paper ‘ Migration to Scotland after independence’ were published in the answer to question S6W-22829 on 21 November 2023. Additionally, there were launch costs for travel, for staff and external attendees, catering and venue hire, which totalled £1,443.47. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .

The Highland Council worked closely with CalMac, the contractor RJ MacLeod and CMAL during and after the vessel berthing trial on the 14 December 2023 when the issue with the new restraint bollards arose. An additional bollard to aid vessel operations was installed. Following a successful vessel berthing trial ferry services on the route resumed on Friday 22 December 2023.

We do not hold data on how many places were available in STEM subjects at College in each of the last 10 years.

Funded places are not allocated to specific subjects, it is within the remit of colleges to distribute places to the set of subjects they each offer.

The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) collect and publish data each year on College enrolments. This included providing college enrolment data for 2014-15 to 2020-21 for the ‘STEM education and training strategy - refresh: annual report’. This is available in the background data at the following link:

STEM education and training strategy - refresh: annual report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

It is not possible to provide information on staffing costs for this work because in line with usual practice, details of individual tasks carried out by civil servants, including the number of hours spent on them, are not routinely recorded as there is no business need to do that.

CalMac have provided assurances that all traffic for Lochmaddy was accommodated on the Lochmaddy – Ullapool service, or offered space on the Lochboisdale service as an alternative. They have also confirmed that all traffic for Tarbert was accommodated on the Stornoway service.

The Scottish House Condition Survey (SHCS) provides a snapshot of the domestic housing stock in each survey year, including the construction age, built form and energy efficiency, as well as estimates of fuel poverty.

As the 2020 SHCS was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic and results from the 2021 External+ SHCS were published as experimental statistics the 2019 SHCS provides the most recent official statistics on fuel poverty.

Due to the increases in global energy prices in 2022 and 2023 and the lack of recent data on fuel poverty from the SHCS, we have produced scenario modelling of fuel poverty rates This is based on uprating modelled fuel bills from the 2019 SHCS in line with more recent energy prices and accounting for the other support available to households. We estimate that from January 2024, with the price cap for the typical dual-fuel household paying by direct debit at £1,928, and including the impact of the Cost of living payments [1] , that around 840,000 (34%) households in Scotland will be in fuel poverty. Of this around 570,000 (23%) will be in extreme fuel poverty.

Table 1: Estimated number of households in fuel poverty January 2024 to March 2024

The figures in the following tables represent the number of members of the Scottish Teachers' Superannuation Scheme (STSS) and Scottish Teachers' Pension Scheme 2015 (STPS 2015) who have opted to retire before the respective scheme's Normal Pension Age (NPA), in each of the last five years. The information includes only members employed by local authorities and is broken down by local authority area. Information is not held centrally on whether these members were primary or secondary teachers.

From 1 April 2022 all active members joined the STPS 2015. Table A shows members who have retired from the STSS before their NPA, which is age 60 for those who joined the scheme before 1 April 2007 and age 65 for those who joined thereafter. Table B shows members who retired from the STPS 2015 before their NPA, which is the later of age 65 or State Pension Age. Some members may be represented in both tables as they may have taken pension benefits from both schemes before the NPA in each scheme.

Table A: Scottish Teachers' Superannuation Scheme

The Scottish Parliament has a flag flying policy in place which sets out the circumstances of when flags will be flown. A copy of the policy can be found here. The circumstances in which the flying of flags is appropriate are very carefully set out, as it is essential that the Parliament maintains its impartiality. There are no plans in place to fly the flag of Palestine on 29 November 2024.